Academic Integrity and Citing Sources
| English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| integrity | 诚信 | chéng xìn |
| cite | 注明出处 | zhù míng chū chǔ |
| published or photographic sources | 参考来源 | cān kǎo lái yuán |
Your own work
- Portfolios must be your own work.
- Using others' work without permission or citation is a serious violation.
- The College Board can withhold scores for integrity violations.
Citing sources
- Work based on published or photographic sources 参考来源 you did not create must move far beyond duplication.
- You must also cite 注明出处 the source.
- Never present another artist's work — or an AI-generated image — as your own.
Integrity or a violation?
Sort each action as showing integrity or being a violation.
Using a photographic source you did not take requires that you...
You must move far beyond duplication and cite the source.
Presenting an AI-generated image as your own work is an integrity violation.
The portfolio must be your own work.
Select all actions that respect academic integrity.
Citing, transforming, and using your own work respect integrity; passing off does not.
Match each action to integrity or violation.
Cite + transform = integrity; copy-and-claim = violation.
Integrity is strength
- Citing influences shows integrity 诚信, not weakness.
- It is normal and expected to be influenced by others.
- When in doubt, work from your own photos, observation, and imagination.
Acknowledging your influences and sources shows ____.
Citing sources shows integrity, not weakness.
Copying a photo you did not take — or using an AI image — and presenting it as your own can get your scores withheld. If you use a source, you must transform it far beyond copying and cite it. The safest path is to work from your own photos, observation, and imagination.
A student loves a famous photograph. Instead of copying it, she uses it only as a starting point, radically changes the composition, medium, and idea, and cites the source. That is fine — transformed far beyond duplication, with integrity. Tracing it and calling it hers would be a violation.
Portfolios must be your own work. Work based on published or photographic sources must move far beyond duplication and be cited. Never present another's work — or an AI image — as your own. Citing shows integrity; when in doubt, use your own photos and imagination.